Swiss performer Nemo has won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, beating Croatian artist Baby Lasagna, who finished second, in what was perhaps the most divisive competition in its history. The nonbinary singer, representing Switzerland, won with their track “The Code” collecting 591 points from a combination of music industry juries in each participating country and
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TODAY: In 1926, C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien meet for the first time.   “Students and elders were sharing their religious traditions and experiences, in a common cause of love and justice to combat American empire.” Steven Thrasher visits Gaza Solidarity Camps in Chicago and New York and talks to students. | Lit Hub
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Rosamund Pike as Lady Elsbeth Catton in ‘Saltburn.’ Photo: Amazon MGM Studios. Amazon MGM Studios. Preview: Rosamund Pike is joining the third ‘Now You See Me’ movie. She’ll appear alongside franchise veterans Jessie Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Isla Fisher ‘Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer is in the director’s chair. We learned last month that Ariana
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Hollywood A-listers took to social media this weekend to honor Sam Rubin, the beloved KTLA anchor who died on Friday. “Your professionalism was unmatched by your kindness and humanity,” Viola Davis wrote on Instagram. “I will miss your presence on The Red Carpet. God bless your loved ones. Godspeed.” Rubin was a popular entertainment anchor
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Skift Take No one ever said revamping the nuts, bolts and servers of a sprawling Expedia Group would be easy. How 2024 plays out will say a lot about whether all that toil was worth it. Dennis Schaal Expedia Group’s Peter Kern is handing off the CEO title to Ariane Gorin on May 13 as
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May 10, 2024, 1:28pm Yesterday afternoon, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead (The Underground Railroad, The Nickel Boys) announced that he would no longer be giving the commencement address at University of Massachusetts Amherst on May 18, citing the administration’s decision to call the police on campus protesters. “I was looking forward to speaking next
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Blue Ridge Rock Festival 2024 has been canceled, which the organizers of the fest confirmed in a statement on social media and their website. Severe weather conditions forced organizers to cancel the last two days of the four-day festival in 2023, but there were a plethora of other problems attendees and artists alike had endured in
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